blackmail
black|mail /bl'ækmeɪl/ (blackmails blackmailing blackmailed)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.
The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
3 [VERB] V n, V n into -ing/n, also V n with n
If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.
The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence...
I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted.
● blackmailer [N-COUNT]
The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.
The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
3 [VERB] V n, V n into -ing/n, also V n with n
If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.
The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence...
I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted.
● blackmailer [N-COUNT]
The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.